1. COKE BATTLE.
- Author
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Manuel, Anne
- Subjects
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PLANT shutdowns , *LABOR unions , *LABOR movement , *BEVERAGE industry , *MURDER , *INDUSTRIAL workers - Abstract
Discusses how the labor union and workers responded to the decision of the owners to close the Embotelladora Guatemalteca SA, the Coca-Cola bottling plant on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala. Expected dismissal of 460 employees; Claim of the owners that the facility is bankrupt; Perception that the real intention of the plant's closure is to break Guatemala's strongest union; Attention attracted by the murders of Coca-Cola workers; Aspects of the agreement negotiated between Coca-Cola and the International Union of Food and Allied Workers; Revitalization of the Guatemalan labor movement; Risks of labor's renewed struggle in Guatemala.
- Published
- 1984